Description
Product Characteristics:
Very active and specific thyroid hormone transporter. Stimulates cellular uptake of thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), reverse triiodothyronine (rT3) and diidothyronine. Does not transport Leu, Phe, Trp or Tyr (By similarity).
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: AHDS, MCT7, MCT8, XPCT, MCT 7, MCT 8, MRX22, DXS128, DXS128E, Monocarboxylate transporter 8, Monocarboxylate transporter 7, Solute carrier family 16 member 2, X-linked PEST-containing transporter, SLC16A2
Target Information: This gene encodes an integral membrane protein that functions as a transporter of thyroid hormone. The encoded protein facilitates the cellular importation of thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), reverse triiodothyronine (rT3) and diidothyronine (T2). This gene is expressed in many tissues and likely plays an important role in the development of the central nervous system. Loss of function mutations in this gene are associated with psychomotor retardation in males while females exhibit no neurological defects and more moderate thyroid-deficient phenotypes. This gene is subject to X-chromosome inactivation. Mutations in this gene are the cause of Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2012]